PHL 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Weather Network
2 Jan 2018
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Phl 214 - lecture notes - september 11, 2014. Critical thinking concept - arguments: decide is it an argument, break it into parts, analyze it. Argument: an attempt to support one claim with another claim. (premises offers support in a conclusion) Conclusion: supported claim i. e. )t"s not raining outside. (cid:523)conclusion(cid:524) the weather network said it"s not raining (cid:523)premise (cid:883)(cid:524), and it wasn"t raining when ) came inside (cid:523)premise (cid:884)(cid:524). saying why something happened rather than giving reasons to believe it"s. 4 steps of learning: unconscious incompetent, conscious incompetent, unconscious competent, conscious competent. Inductive and deductive are formats of arguments (doesn"t verify if true) Inductive: premises is true, conclusion may not be true (adds something to what you might claim to know - vulnerable argument)
